U.S. DOT FY 2024.2 Phase I Pre-Solicitation Q&A

3/1/24 Update: The Pre-solicitation is now closed. Topic questions are no longer being accepted. * * *

This U.S. DOT Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Pre-solicitation Q&A Forum provides small businesses an opportunity to submit clarifying questions on the topic published in the U.S. DOT Fiscal Year (FY) 2024.2 Phase I Pre-Solicitation. Questions will be answered by the Technical Experts/Topic Authors during this period. Questions shall be limited to improving the understanding of a particular topic's requirements and should not share proposal ideas nor proprietary information.

The U.S. DOT’s FY 2024.2 Pre-Solicitation period is February 1, 2024, through March 1, 2024, at 5:00 pm Eastern Time (ET). Only questions posted within this period will be responded to.

How to Use the SBIR Pre-solicitation Q&A Forum:

Register: Anyone can view questions, but registration is required if you wish to post a question and receive a notification when it is responded to.

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Search: Browse the the existing questions by key word to see if your question has already been addressed. If you see a question, you are also interested in, you can add a vote to the question, or leave a comment.

Post: If your question has not already been posted, add a new post by following the steps listed below.

Use the “Enter your idea” box located at the middle of the page to enter your questions.
You may add more detail in the Description box(optional). Do NOT attach any files. The U.S. DOT shall not consider any submitted materials other than questions.
Enter your e-mail address and password.
When finished, select “Post idea.” If you registered, you will be able to track responses to your post. Please include only one question or comment per post to help us keep the forum organized.

Please note, all comments will be public information. Potential offerors shall not include in the question(s) or comment(s) any information that they do not wish to be made public. Telephone inquiries or meeting requests will not be addressed and may be removed. The U.S. DOT shall not respond to requests for advice or guidance on any offeror’s solution to any SBIR topic and shall not consider any submitted materials other than questions.

Thanks for joining our FY24.2 SBIR Pre-solicitation Q&A Forum.

If you experience technical difficulties, please contact us at DOTSBIR@dot.gov.

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